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Some months back, I wrote several articles that started with a dire feeling but ended with a glimmer of hope. I talked about the struggles and challenges stage 4 breast...

I recently saw a few friends coming up on impressive survival anniversaries living with MBC. Seeing their beautiful faces in photos and reading their posts was a welcome treat in...

You know how in the movies the oncologist always looks over their glasses and declares gravely, "You have 12-18 months to live." The characters grapple with this timeline, sometimes they...

I want to talk about sleep, or lack of sleep, as it applies to most of us with metastatic breast cancer. As if having a terminal disease, taking tons of...

I was exhausted. All I wanted to do was sleep, but even that was difficult. Every day I battled fatigue from my metastatic breast cancer treatments. It was hard to...

One thing I do not see a lot of in the breast cancer community is queer relationships. I sometimes feel different when researching a topic of discussion within my relationship...

I used to love to travel pre-cancer, but I couldn't help but feel anxious about being away from my safe space, my home, for too long. Now that I have...

Most caregivers, myself included, focus on how our experience affects us emotionally. I'm going to step aside for this article and speak with you about the physical demands of caregiving...

Editor's note: Kate is a patient-centered health advocate and not a medical professional. Although she likes to think of herself as a professional patient living with Stage IV Breast Cancer...

Eight months into our marriage, cancer stole from us the ability to have sex (i.e., intercourse). As the special intimacy of intercourse disappeared from our marriage, other romantic practices and...

So you’ve been diagnosed with mets. Now what? At first, it’s terrifying (and honestly, it might still be terrifying). It’s all so new, and scary, and there are so many...

As a kid I always imagined growing old with my partner, watching them age, seeing who we become with each new decade of life, and falling in love over and...

Back when the dinosaurs roamed, and before breast cancer, I had a job. It was a demanding career that had me going in a million directions. Many times during the...

Since I last wrote on the side effects of chemotherapy, I’ve had chemo twice. For almost the last two years I’ve been on Enhertu. I think it’s my 5th (or...

When you have a diagnosis that is described as terminal, incurable, deadly, and sad, it can be hard to have a positive outlook on life. Your doctor may read out...

There is good news for people living with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER-2 negative breast cancer that has not responded to aromatase inhibitors. A new drug called capivasertib, combined with the...

As a caregiver, it's all too easy to neglect ourselves. Our life changes radically when our spouse or other relative receives a cancer diagnosis, especially if we provide the only...

The term "gaslighting" has been around since the 1930s. It has been defined as the act of manipulating someone in a way that can make them doubt themselves and their...

I recently was referred to a new doctor for chronic pain and I couldn't be more frustrated. The communication has been terrible, and it's really starting to affect my care...